Working with the PL/I APIs for Code Review

The Custom Rules API for PL/I Code Review and the PL/I Application Model API are complementary. Some knowledge of both is required to implement a user-written rule:

  • The Custom Rules API for PL/I Code Review API provides the base class for user-written rules and includes useful classes for manipulating the objects in the PL/I Application Model (PAM).

  • The PL/I Application Model (PAM) API provides interfaces for accessing the elements of a PL/I source code program when the program is analyzed by the PL/I Code Review component.
    Tip: The Javadoc information for this API includes a guide to using the API. To find the guide, open the Javadoc information, look at the first topic, which is titled "Package com.ibm.etools.pli.application.model.pli", and read the "Description" section at the end of the topic.
For a guide to implementing the code analysis of a PL/I user-written rule, see the link at the end of the topic.